Meet Me in São Luís: A View from the Highrise

Fighting an annoying fever today, but the Monday Mayhem must go on! From here in Brazil A creative, and beautiful, use of plastic bottles. On Second Thought Forget everything I just said. And While You’re At It …forget everything Pat Robertson says, too. Cute Couple A romance made someplace other than heaven. Coca Cola and…

Last night our congregation marked yet another milestone as the youth group (called Mocidade IBRE) was officially inaugurated. The event was completely organized by our young people, who will be taking the leadership role as the project moves forward. As usual, we’ve got pictures! We love icebreakers! Itacyara and friend. William “playing around” in the…

Today the beautiful woman pictured above is celebrating her birthday. Her beauty, intelligence, fervor for Christ, and love of her family never cease to amaze me. Please join me in wishing my lovely wife Itacyara a very happy birthday!

Top Ten Ways… …to insure I’ll never revisit your church The Early Church on Abortion Not much in the way of ambiguity. Music in the Trenches A heartwarming (?) tale from WWI. Lego Creation of the Week Guarding the Gates of Gondor In the Groove No idea what the music was like, but this has…

It’s been a while, so here are a few of the books that I have managed to read during the previous weeks. The Iron King by Maurice Druon Think 21st century politics is corrupt? Meet King Philip the Fair and the intrigue surrounding his reign in 14th century France. The prose is a little stilted…

This has been a grueling week for us, ministry-wise, and posting here has fallen to the bottom of the priority list. I am revving up to begin regular updates again on Monday. So, stay tuned.